Determining orientation of a subsurface flow meter device

1. A system comprising: a flow meter device comprising one or more acoustic devices positionable in a wellbore to generate acoustic signals; and a computing device comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes instructions executable by the processor for causing the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving the acoustic signals and physical orientation information from the flow meter device; determining, using the physical orientation information, an arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore, wherein the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices comprises relative physical three-dimensional locations for each acoustic device of the one or more acoustic devices; and interpreting, using the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices, the acoustic signals to make a multi-phase measurement of fluid with respect to the wellbore.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the acoustic signals are proportional to flow characteristics of one or more respective phases of the fluid that correspond to the one or more acoustic devices.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a deployment tool, wherein the flow meter device is positionable in the wellbore using the deployment tool, and wherein the operations further comprise: receiving alignment data relating to the deployment tool during deployment of the flow meter device in the wellbore; and determining, using the alignment data, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore during deployment of the flow meter device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the flow meter device comprises an asymmetric weight profile, wherein the flow meter device is positionable in the wellbore to allow gravity-based rotation of the flow meter device for arranging the one or more acoustic devices in a predetermined arrangement, and wherein the operation of determining the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices includes determining, using the predetermined arrangement, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore and subsequent to the gravity-based rotation of the flow meter device.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising an orientation detection device positionable in the flow meter device, wherein the orientation detection device includes a three-dimensional accelerometer, and wherein the operations further comprise: receiving orientation data about the flow meter device from the orientation detection device; and determining, using the orientation data, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: determining, using a machine-learning model, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore; and determining, using the machine-learning model, the multi-phase measurement of the fluid, wherein the multi-phase measurement of the fluid includes phase-specific flow characteristics of the fluid.

7. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, acoustic signals and physical orientation information from one or more acoustic devices positioned in a flow meter device positioned in a wellbore, the one or more acoustic devices positioned to generate the acoustic signals in response to fluid flowing in the wellbore; determining, by the computing device and by using the physical orientation information, an arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore, wherein the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices comprises relative physical three-dimensional locations for each acoustic device of the one or more acoustic devices; and determining, using the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices and the acoustic signals, a multi-phase measurement for the fluid with respect to the wellbore.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the acoustic signals are proportional to flow characteristics of one or more respective phases of the fluid that correspond to the one or more acoustic devices.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the flow meter device is mechanically coupled to a deployment tool for deploying the flow meter device in the wellbore, and wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the computing device, alignment data relating to the deployment tool during deployment of the flow meter device in the wellbore; and determining, using the alignment data, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore during deployment of the flow meter device.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the flow meter device comprises an asymmetric weight profile to allow gravity-based rotation of the flow meter device for arranging the one or more acoustic devices in a predetermined arrangement, and wherein determining the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices includes determining, using the predetermined arrangement, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore and subsequent to the gravity-based rotation of the flow meter device.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the flow meter device includes an orientation detection device, wherein the orientation detection device includes a three-dimensional accelerometer, and wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the computing device, orientation data about the flow meter device from the orientation detection device; and determining, using the orientation data, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising: determining, using a machine-learning model, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore; and determining, using the machine-learning model, the multi-phase measurement of the fluid, wherein the multi-phase measurement of the fluid includes phase-specific flow characteristics of the fluid.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising controlling, by the computing device, a wellbore operation using the multi-phase measurement, wherein the wellbore operation includes a wellbore completion operation, a wellbore stimulation operation, or a wellbore production operation.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by a processor for causing the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving acoustic signals and physical orientation information from a flow meter device that comprises one or more acoustic devices positionable to generate the acoustic signals in a wellbore; determining, using the physical orientation information, an arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore, wherein the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices comprises relative physical three-dimensional locations for each acoustic device of the one or more acoustic devices; and interpreting, using the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices, the acoustic signals to make a multi-phase measurement of fluid with respect to the wellbore.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the acoustic signals are proportional to flow characteristics of one or more respective phases of the fluid that correspond to the one or more acoustic devices.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the flow meter device is positionable in the wellbore using a deployment tool, and wherein the operations further comprise: receiving alignment data relating to the deployment tool during deployment of the flow meter device in the wellbore; and determining, using the alignment data, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore during deployment of the flow meter device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the flow meter device comprises an asymmetric weight profile, wherein the flow meter device is positionable in the wellbore to allow gravity-based rotation of the flow meter device for arranging the one or more acoustic devices in a predetermined arrangement, and wherein the operation of determining the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices includes determining, using the predetermined arrangement, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore and subsequent to the gravity-based rotation of the flow meter device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the flow meter device comprises an orientation detection device, wherein the orientation detection device includes a three-dimensional accelerometer, and wherein the operations further comprise: receiving orientation data about the flow meter device from the orientation detection device; and determining, using the orientation data, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise: determining, using a machine-learning model, the arrangement of the one or more acoustic devices with respect to the wellbore; and determining, using the machine-learning model, the multi-phase measurement of the fluid, wherein the multi-phase measurement of the fluid includes phase-specific flow characteristics of the fluid.